Sir Terry Wogan: A memory or two
In late 1997, while studying at Aston University in Birmingham, I was fortunate enough to be invited to attend the draw for the 1998 Eurovision Song Contest. Not quite the slick and sexy affair that the yearly allocation ceremony has now become, the event was instead...
SongHunt 2016: Heat 1
This is the launch of SongHunt 2016! Let’s find the best song from the new national final season. In the previous weeks, we collected all of the chatroom scores for all of the national selection songs so far (Albania, Belarus, Belgium, Hungary, Malta) - with the...
SongHunt 2016 kicks off on Sunday – here’s what’s new!
We from escgo proudly announce the launch of SongHunt 2016: The first heat will be launched next Sunday, 31 January! Once again, it's time for us to find the best song of the national final season. Just a few weeks ago, "Nefelibata" from Latvia won the first prize in...
Allocation draw for ESC 2016 comes together
Today, host broadcaster SVT presented the visual design for the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest along with the slogan, the innuendo-laced "Come Together". Immediately afterwards, the allocation draw for the semi-finals was held at Stockholm City Hall. As in recent years,...
2016 round-up: Belgium, Ireland and Albania kick us off
While the on-season for the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest began with several national finals taking place as early as November 2014, things have been slower to get going this year. The first entry for ESC 2016 was selected by Albania in their traditional Festivali i...
Merry Christmas from your escgo! team
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJgw0KgAFhs
Chat Awards 2015 – The winners!
On Sunday night, the 2015 edition of the escgo! Chat Awards were held in our #esc chatroom. This fun annual event attracted a healthy audience of chatters, all of whom got the opportunity to vote on the nominees in various categories as we honoured our favourites from...
“Nefelibata” by MNTHA wins SongHunt 2015
SongHunt 2015, our poll marathon to find the best national final song of the year, has come to its end: "Nefelibata" by MNTHA, from the Latvian preselection Supernova, has won the grand final! In the deciding poll, we received a total of 141 votes. "A Monster Like Me"...
Destiny from Malta wins JESC 2015
Malta won the 2015 edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, which was held at the Arena Armeec in Sofia, Bulgaria, on Saturday night. After a close neck-and-neck battle with Armenia, "Not My Soul" by 13-year-old Destiny Chukunyere took the prize, scoring an...
It’s nearly Junior Eurovision!
This week, many of our colleagues from other ESC fan sites are in Sofia, blogging intensively about the preparations for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest this Saturday night. Here at escgo!, we are not. In fact, we deliberately haven't listened to any of the songs...
Follow our rehearsal blogs:
Visit our Eurovision chat:
Find us on social media:
Welcome to escgo!
ESC 2013 line-up check: The former Yugoslavia
Following last week's article on the Big 5, esc-chat.com's series introducing and giving a verdict on the ESC 2013 entries continues with the countries of the former Yugoslavia. Martin takes a look at the prospects for Serbia, Croatia, Macedonia, Slovenia and...
ESC 2013 line-up check: The Big 5
It's hard to divide ESC countries in groups, let alone groups of the same size, but we've done it anyway. In the first edition of esc-chat.com's new series introducing and giving a verdict on the ESC 2013 entries, Editor-in-Chief Felix takes a look at the Big 5:...
Eurovision 2012 – Our voting analysis
So a few weeks have passed since Sweden won the 57th Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Euphoria", and Loreen has gone on to enjoy a big pan-European hit with the track - something that can only be seen as great news for ESC generally. While we're waiting for the...
Eurovision in Baku: Our Final Few Days
Hello again! Apologies for the delay in this post, we didn't have much time in Baku on the last few days to write an article as things were manic with blogging the first dress rehearsal of the final as well as various other things - Baku certainly came alive on the...
Euphoria: Sweden wins ESC 2012
Congratulations to Sweden! Europe went euphoric as Loreen won the 57th Eurovision Song Contest in Baku, Azerbaijan. She got a total of 372 points, 365 more than the other extreme of the scoreboard - which was occupied by Norway. The winner's closest neighbour and its...
ESC Final: Our editors’ prediction
The Eurovision final 2012 is just around the corner, so us three editors came together to make one final prediction each - a top ten and a bottom three. At the end of the article we'll take a look at our consensus as usual. We did pretty well in the semi-finals, with...
Happy Eurovision Day!
If we put all the highest holidays and birthdays together, we still don't reach the importance that Eurovision Day has, do we? And now, the biggest day of the year has arrived once again. In about 12 hours, we will know where to book our flights to next year. We will...
Should’ve Had A Flutter, or: Our guide to betting on ESC 2012
The betting market for the Eurovision Song Contest is big business. Whereas 10 or 20 years ago, it was really only the physical betting shops in the UK and Ireland that took much of an interest in our favourite music competition, nowadays there are literally dozens of...
Eurovision in Baku: Our Wednesday and Thursday
Hello from Bakooo! We didn't manage to blog yesterday about Wednesday as we had a bit of a lie in on Thursday. Wednesday was spent in the Press Centre watching the first dress rehearsal of the second semi-final, which you can read again here. We then went to EuroClub...
First Dress Rehearsal FINAL – LIVE!
Hello all! Welcome to the LIVE blog of the first dress rehearsal of the GRAND FINAL! Stay tuned to this page for all the goss on what's happening in the Crystal Hall! Since I've already blogged the semis, I will only comment on changes or how I feel the song fits in...
Semi-final 2: Qualifiers and final draw!
Tonight saw the second semi-final of the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest in Baku, Azerbaijan. It was arguably a harder semi to call than the first one, resulting in a few fairly major casualties - most notably, the feared Balkan domination failed to materialise, with...
Today: Semi-Final 2 – Our prediction
Tonight, the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 will be held! Once again, 18 entries will compete for the privilege of ending up in one of the 10 envelopes for the final. As in semi 1, nine envelopes will be digital (as they have been in recent...
Eurovision Chat
Our chat is most active during Eurovision, national finals and our various chat events, but you’re welcome to visit any time!
Follow us:
Also visit our partner site ESCNation
escgo! on Bluesky
Selected Highlights
Check out some of our favourite and most popular articles from recent years.
“Contigo” by Mirela eliminated: Our 9th place in the SongHunt final
Today, Contigo by Mirela (Spanish final) got eliminated from the SongHunt 2017 final as it had the least amount of votes by 21:00 CET. The song came 9th with a total of 4 votes, and hence has been removed from the SongHunt poll. You can still vote for your remaining...
Identity, authenticity, and what we can all learn from Salvador Sobral’s win
Shi gives us one last “view from San Francisco” for ESC 2017, as she wraps up her commentary series with her personal insights following Saturday’s grand final.
escgo! quick | 18 May 2017
Eurovision News in 30 seconds. The new video series by escgo!
“Make Your Way Back Home” by Rúnar Eff eliminated: Our 10th place in the SongHunt final
Today, Make Your Way Back Home by Rúnar Eff (Icelandic final) got eliminated from the SongHunt 2017 final as it had the least amount of votes by 21:00 CET. As there was a tie, the number of votes in the semi-finals decided which song would drop out. The song came 10th...
ABBA, Sobral. Why 2017 is a landmark year for Eurovision
The victory of Salvador Sobral is a turning point in Eurovision history. It’s probably the most important victory since ABBA. Felix points out what’s so important about Portugal winning with this entry, and why 2017 is a landmark year for Eurovision.
“Wild Child” by Ace Wilder eliminated: Our 11th place in the SongHunt final
Today, Wild Child by Ace Wilder (Swedish final) got eliminated from the SongHunt 2017 final as it had the least amount of votes by 21:00 CET. The song came 11th with a total of 3 votes, and hence has been removed from the SongHunt poll. You can still vote for your...
“Lo que nunca fue” by Paula Rojo eliminated: Our 12th place in the SongHunt final
Today, Lo que nunca fue by Paula Rojo (Spanish final) got eliminated from the SongHunt 2017 final as it had the least amount of votes by 21:00 CET. As there was a tie, the number of votes in the semi-finals decided which song would drop out. The song came 12th with a...
Reviewing Eurovision 2017: Felix’s top three thoughts
Oh Eurovision, oh Europe. It’s 14:00 CET on day 1 after Portugal winning the Eurovision Song Contest. It’s the first day of a new calendar. What a historic night! And impossible to narrow it all down to just three thoughts. Felix tries anyway.
escgo! at Eurovision
We’ve covered every Eurovision Song Contest since 2010 – frequently on-location, and otherwise virtually.
Why not browse our content?
No Results Found
The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.